Friday Review: Time Flies (Patreon)

1. Last time I talked about funding and I think it worried some people.  Presently C&Rsenal is fine and stable.  I would just like to see continued growth because that's a better sign for the future.  Financially, I'd also like enough buffer for the show to eat two big hits IF anything happened.  Say a loaner piece, despite all inspection, fails and we have to replace it or our car just catches fire for no reason.  Best to be prepared so I'm pushing for a buffer so this show doesn't go under by accident.  Nothing is immediately dangerous though.

2. I've had a lot of people ask me about two vectors: advertising and grants.  The problem with both of these is that we discuss a history of firearms without some greater message or finger wagging.  YouTube won't let us direct link places that sell guns.  So no real option to advertise there as pass-through for links is bad enough.  S'rough.  

Like it or not, everything is politics these days.  Which means, as a show, we have to be extra careful to remain neutrally footed.  This isn't JUST as a sign of respect to you viewers.  It is 100% necessary to maintain good relationships with any and all museums and private collections.  No one wants to, retroactively, be associated with a cause.

That being said, I, as an individual and not the show, sometimes go on other people's platforms and voice my concerns.  Also, again, if a law comes up that does impact C&Rsenal we will explain it clearly and how it will affect us.

3. Our biggest MG donor came down to visit.  So we pushed a bit to free two days and, subsequently, I keep falling asleep sitting up and not making it to this review.  My apologies.

4. On the shotgun preparation front we have almost "won" our challenge months ahead of time.  I just keep finding pieces tucked away at sub-market prices.  I budgeted some funds post Lightening and we're well ahead of the expected costs.

I am getting pretty excited for this series but there is a lot of work to do.  About half the guns need some form of repair or service.  Many need special ammunition made.  But it's all been much simpler than Primer so far.  My hope is to begin filming in the fall and I will be trying for at least a dozen episodes all in production at once so as to make it more uniform across a "season."

Remember this is going to be a chronological story so it all must be here to start work.  One rare US model remains as does one insanely rare foreign model.  Wish us luck in our game of hide and seek!

5. I've picked up some extra gear to adapt our recording equipment to handle 3 lavaliers in sync.  Why?  Well we're going to start recording commentary tracks for the old Primer episodes and pair them for download on the website.  Should be a fun way to share some inside stories!

Thanks again for all of your support!  I am really hoping by 2020 we can start to bring you more content thanks to your donations!